Bath-tub overflow-shield.



Patented July 31, 1917.

WITNESSES ,4 TTORNE V8 ET OFFTC JACOB SEBPER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BATH-TUB OVERFLOW-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed January 30, 1917. Serial No. 145,391;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAcoB SERPER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bath- Tub Overflow-Shield, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to shields and particularly to shields for the overflow of bath tubs, and has for an object the provision of an improved construction which may be readily applied and removed at any time and when in position will cause the level of the water to be raised an appreciable distance.

Another object in view is to provide a shield having a cushioning member for engaging the tub and means for removably securing the shield to the guard of the overflow pipe so that the shield may be quickly applied or removed and when in position will be substantially water-tight.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through part of the overflow pipe of a bath tub and parts arranged adjacent thereto, including an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the shield and associated parts shown in Fig. 1, the shield being partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the shield.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates the end of a bath tub to which may be secured the usual valve structure 2 forming no part of the present invention. An overflow pipe 3 is also provided below the valve 2 formed with a guard 1 held in position in any suitable manner, as for instance, by a screw 5, which screw acts as a retaining member for the chain 6, said chain carrying the usual stopper (not shown). The parts just described are old and well known and form no part of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the present invention except in combination with the shield 7 and associated parts.

The shield 7 may be made from any material, preferably metal, and is substantially cup-shaped, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to fit over the guard 4 and cause the cushioning member 8 to engage the end of the tub 1 for producing a substantially water-tight connection. The cushioning member 8 may be solid rubber, a tube as shown, or other gasket means. The cushioning member 8 is held in a groove 9 by any suitable means, as for instance by having part of the groove bent thereover for an appreciable distance so as to grip the cushioning member. A pair of hook members 10 and 11 are soldered or otherwise secured to the shield 7 and designed to be forced into some of the apertures 12 of the guard 1 so as to hold the parts in position, as shown in Fig. 1, and cause the shield 7 to press the cushioning member 8 against the tub 1.

The shield 7 may be made of any desired size but is preferably made of such a size as to not only cover the guard 4: and any outlet, but to project some distance above the same where an opening 13 is left through which the chain 6 extends. By this construction and arrangement the water level which would ordinarily be at line 1% will be raised to line 15 and thereby the depth of water in the tub appreciably increased.

What I claim is:

In a shield for the overflow outlet of bath tubs, the combination with an outlet guard having openings therein, of a cup-shaped body fitting over said outlet, and a pair of substantially flat resilient members connected at one end to said body and bent substantially double so as to form a hook member extending through certain of said openings when the device is in use whereby they will exert a resilient pressure on the body for pressing the same against the tub.

JACOB SERPER.

Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. G. 

